vt. & vi.合并 (cause two things to) come together and combine; fade or change gradually (into sth else)

　～ one's differences　消除…之间的分歧
　～ the two firms　合并两家公司
　～ various small businesses　兼并了多家小商号
　～ absolutely〔utterly〕　完全合并
　～ ardently　积极地合并
　～ artfully　有品味地合并
　～ artistically　艺术地合并
　～ completely　彻底合并
　～ deliberately　有意合并
　～ effectually　有效地合并
　～ emphatically　重点合并
　～ eternally〔perpetually〕　永久地合并
　～ formally　正式合并
　～ nominally　名义上合并
　～ particularly　特别合并
　～ persistently　坚持合并
　～ purposely　有目的地合并
　～ spectacularly　特殊地合并
　～ successfully　成功地合并
　～ superficially　表面上地合并
　～ unreasonably　不合理地合并
　～ uselessly　没必要合并
　～ into　汇合，并入
　～ with　和…联合

　The two firms merged last year.　那两家商行去年合并了。
　Those two cotton-mills merged to cut costs.　那两家棉纺厂为了削减成本而合并了。
　One end is blue, one end is red, and the colours merge in the middle.　一端为蓝色，一端为红色，这两种颜色在中间混成一色。
　The lights flickering ahead of him merged together.　在他前面闪烁的灯光融合到了一起。
　The big company merged various small businesses.　那家大公司兼并了多家小商号。
　John and Mary thought to merge their differences.　约翰和玛丽试图消除他们之间的分歧。
　The two firms have been merged.　那两家公司已经合并。
　It has been decided that the two big businesses should be merged.　已经决定将这两家公司进行合并。

 ♣ merge into　(v.+prep.)
　（使）汇合；（使）并入　(cause to) combine; (cause to) fade or change
　The two roads merged into one.　那两条路汇合成一条路。
　Where does this stream merge into the Rhine?　这条小河在什么地方和莱茵河合流?
　Twilight merged into darkness.　夕阳的光辉没于黑暗中。
　We can merge our two small businesses into a large one.　我们可以将我们的两家小商店合并为一家大商行。
　The council are going to merge our school into the new county school.　市政务委员会打算把我们学校并入新建的县立学校。
　The firm was merged into a bigger company.　这家公司被合并到一家大公司里去了。
 ♣ merge with　(v.+prep.)
　和…联合　combine with
　Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals in a new "People's Party".　一些斗争性强的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合，成立新的“人民党”。

 ♣ merge, blend, confound, mingle, mix
　这组词均表示“混合”的意思。其区别在于：merge强调混合的结果不能区别原来各要素，已成为另外一新体；blend强调融合或混合在一起的不同物质的原有特性已消失，含有在混合的过程中需要技巧、知识和明确的目的之意，可用于各种物质，但多用于流体或气体的混合；confound指由于概念不清而将不同的事物混在一起；mingle是指两种不同的东西或不同身份的人混合在一起，尽管本质未改变，外表上已难以识别；mix指混合的结果，其性质合而为一，原来的各要素有时仍可识别。